Scientists Reveal the Hairy Truth About Giant Ground Sloths
Scientists Reveal the Hairy Truth About Giant Ground Sloths
Javier Milei, Trump’s ‘Favorite President,’ Has Few Deals to Offer — but Lots of Adoration
The day after President Trump antagonized world leaders across the globe with his most sweeping set of tariffs yet, he was scheduled to fly to Florida and potentially see the one leader he has called his “favorite president.” That leader, President Javier Milei of Argentina, had flown overnight to receive an award on Thursday at … Read more
The Country Was Fake. But Its Land Grab in Bolivia Was Real.
They call themselves emissaries of the world’s first “sovereign nation” for Hindus, with its own passports and “cosmic constitution.” They claim to have created an official currency in sacred gold, managed by a “reserve bank.” Representatives of this nonexistent country have given statements at U.N. events and posed for photos with global statesmen, American congressmen … Read more
Lawyers for Maryland Man Erroneously Deported to El Salvador Assail Trump Administration
Lawyers for a Maryland man who was inadvertently deported last month to a notorious Salvadoran prison despite an order that he could remain in the United States angrily urged the judge overseeing his case on Wednesday to force the Trump administration to bring him back as soon as possible. In a court filing, the lawyers … Read more
Rare Beatles Audition Tape Surfaces in a Vancouver Record Shop
The tape sat unremarkably on a shelf behind the counter, collecting dust for five, maybe 10 years — so much time that Rob Frith says he lost track. Frith, 69, could not seem to recall how it had found its way to Neptoon Records, his store in Vancouver, British Columbia, which in its 44 years … Read more
A Canadian Company’s Tariff ‘Double Whammy’ Highlights Trouble for the Economy
As the Trump administration advances a trade war with global consequences, the Kun Shoulder Rest factory in the Canadian capital does not immediately stand out as the front line. A family-owned business that operates out of a labyrinthine Victorian home in downtown Ottawa, Kun makes ergonomic shoulder rests used by violinists from New York to … Read more
Nobel Laureate and Ex-Leader of Costa Rica Says U.S. Revoked His Visa
Óscar Arias Sánchez, the Nobel laureate and former Costa Rican president, said on Tuesday that the United States had revoked his visa to enter the country, with no reason given. A vocal critic of President Trump, Mr. Arias appears to be the most high profile in a string of individuals who have had their visas … Read more
How the Myanmar Earthquake Shook Skyscrapers in Bangkok
More than 600 miles separated the epicenter of Friday’s earthquake in Myanmar from the skyscrapers of Bangkok, which lurched and swayed on the skyline of the vast metropolis. A 33-story high-rise under construction even collapsed. How could the shaking in Bangkok, the Thai capital, be connected to an earthquake so far away? The answer involves … Read more
This Tree Wants to Be Struck by Lightning
When lightning strikes a tree in the tropics, the whole forest explodes. “At their most extreme, it kind of looks like a bomb went off,” said Evan Gora, a forest ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y. Dozens of trees around the one that was struck are electrocuted. Within months, a … Read more
He Wore a ‘Patriotic’ Hat to a Blue Jays Game. It Got Him Ejected.
A fan got kicked out of a baseball stadium last week because the message on his hat appeared to violate a rule against displaying political slogans. The offending political message? The seemingly anodyne “Canada is not for sale.” Oh, yes, this happened in Canada. On Thursday afternoon, Dan Begley, a retired financial adviser, attended the … Read more